Vocabulary 2 (That sounds fishy)

(-) Iffy: If you say that something is iffy, you mean that it is not very good in some way.
[informal]
If your next record's a bit iffy, you're forgotten.
He was from an iffy neighborhood.
Synonyms: inferior, inadequate, unacceptable, imperfect

(-) Fishy: If you describe a situation as fishy, you feel that someone is
not telling the truth or behaving completely honestly.
[informal]
There seems to be something fishy going on.
Synonyms: suspicious, odd, suspect, unlikely

(-) Dubious: if you describe something as dubious, you mean that you do not consider it to be
completely honest, safe, or reliable.
This claim seems to us to be rather dubious.
Soho was still a highly dubious area.

(-) Far-fetched: If you describe a story or idea as far-fetched, you are criticizing it because
you think it is unlikely to be true or practical.

The storyline was too far-fetched and none of the actors was particularly good.
Synonyms: unconvincing, unlikely,

(-) Phony: not genuine; false, fake

something not genuine;

a person who is not what he or she pretends to be; one who deceives, dissembles, is insincere

(-) Misleading: If you describe something as misleading, you mean that it gives you
a wrong idea or impression.
It would be misleading to say that we were friends.
The article contains several misleading statements.
Synonyms: confusing, false, ambiguous, deceptive
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(+) Convincing: If you describe someone or something as convincing, you mean that they
make you believe that a particular thing is true, correct, or genuine.
This is the first convincing evidence that the ageing process can be slowed.
He sounded very convincing.
Synonyms: persuasive, credible, conclusive, incontrovertible

(+) Believable: Something that is believable makes you think that it could be true or real.
...believable evidence.
This book is full of believable, interesting characters.
Synonyms: credible, possible, likely, acceptable

(+) Well-founded: If you say that a report, opinion, or feeling is well-founded, you mean
that it is based on facts and can therefore be justified.
These fears seem well-founded.
We must respond to well-founded criticism with a willingness to change.
Synonyms: justifiable, justified, reasonable, valid

(+) Credible: able to be trusted or believed.

Her claims seem credible to many.
To maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance.

(+) Conceivable: If something is conceivable, you can imagine it or believe it.

Without their support the project would not have been conceivable.
It is just conceivable that a single survivor might be found.
Through the centuries, flowers have been used for cooking in every conceivable way.
Synonyms: imaginable, possible, credible, believable

(+) Plausible: an explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid.
A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative
government.
That explanation seems entirely plausible to me.
Synonyms: believable, possible, likely, reasonable